Part I: Hamlet The play's setting, Hamlet, takes place in Elsinore castle. ... The guards feel Horatio should be able to communicate with the ghost because they were unsuccessful in their previous attempt to make contact with the ghost. ... Back to the events of the mysterious ghost sitting; Horatio, Marcellus and Bernardo enter the castle and talk with Hamlet about the ghost they have seen. ... The ghost appears and Hamlet, realizing that the ghost does look like his dead father, Hamlet approaches it and asks that it speaks to him. ... Hamlet is very angry about the events the...

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Bernardo, Francisco Setting: Ramparts of kings castle in Elsinore (MIDNIGHT TO DAWN) Summary: One cold winter night, Bernardo, an officer comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. ... ACT 1 SCENE 4 Characters: Setting: Ramparts in the Castle (24 hours later) Summary: Hamlet is now keeping watch outside the castle with Heratio and Marcellus and waiting for the ghost. ... Setting: A hall in the castle. ... Setting: Room in the castle. ... Setting: A hall in the castle. ...

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Hamlet's late father the King of Denmark had mysteriously died in his court yard of the Elsinore Castle, now Claudius the kings brother has taken over the throne as King, and has married Hamlet's mother Gertrude. ... The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears in front of Hamlet. The ghost is in fact Hamlet's late father. ... One day a troupe of actors arrived at Elsinore, and Hamlet arranges for them to perform a play reenacting his father's death. ... The Ghost re-appears to Hamlet, and reminds him that his mother had nothing to do with it. ...

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Hamlet's late father the King of Denmark had mysteriously died in his court yard of the Elsinore Castle, now Claudius the kings brother has taken over the throne as King, and has married Hamlet's mother Gertrude. ... The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears in front of Hamlet. The ghost is in fact Hamlet's late father. ... One day a troupe of actors arrived at Elsinore, and Hamlet arranges for them to perform a play reenacting his father's death. ... The Ghost re-appears to Hamlet, and reminds him that his mother had nothing to do with it. ...

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Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and finds out about an awful murder. The ghost reveals many dark secrets of foul play. ... The ghost speaks to Hamlet of his death. ... The ghost's apparitions are clearly setting way for what's to come of revenge. There is also young Fortinbras, making his way with his army , to the castle of Elsinore that brings the reader to see something coming. ...

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Hamlet's Disease The somber images of poison and disease taint the pages of Hamlet, and shadow the corruption pervading the recent and future events of the castle. ... As the play opens in the cool, black night, Barnardo and Francisco are high atop the looming walls of Elsinore, keeping watch for the impending revenge of enemy Fortinbras (I.1). ... The act continues, and the Ghost appears out of the dark shadows (I.1). Horatio, who had doubted the men's earlier details of sightings, now contemplates the reasons for the Ghost's visit as the spirit disappears into the ramparts. ....

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Despite his rise to power seeming to have been carefully planned and executed, he nevertheless encountered certain things that he did not expect, such as the appearance of the ghost of his victim that ignited Hamlet 's thirst for revenge. ... For example in a scene where Hamlet meets the ghost of his father. ... The ghost's highly processed voice thunders across the surrounding area, cracking open the ground under Hamlet's feet. ... The main gallery of Elsinore Castle contains a hall of mirrors that cast a dizzying many of reflections and conceal doors leading to secret rooms ...

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The Almereyda version is set in modern day New York, with Denmark as a corporation and Elsinore as hotel. ... The apparition of the ghost also appears to be more artificial and unrealistic. ... The scene is closed with a long montage of the castle interior that ends and fades from an image of the marriage bed framed by a doorway. ... The ghost in this situation is much more statue like. ...

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